if “latest post” condition

  • Resolved Haitham

    (@halkibsi)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    I have this condition statement working fine for me and outputting a list for based on custom fields

    <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=4&showposts=15"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
                                <?php $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'imageThumb', true); ?>
                                <?php $imageURL = get_post_custom_values("imageBig"); ?>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo $imageURL[0]; ?>" rel="lightbox[image]" id="thumb<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" width="133" height="97" /></a></li>

    What I need is a condition statement to add the following to the “latest” item in that list<li id="mycarousel-item-1">

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Various suggestions:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+style+first+post+differently

    Thread Starter Haitham

    (@halkibsi)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Michael!
    Thanks for your help. I searched Google but unfortunately I was using “WP if latest post condition” keywords, but yours are more relevant, thank you.

    I did find one this article which tackled what I wanted:
    http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/8-top-tips-for-wordpress-theme-development/

    but when I applied it, WP gives me a parse error. Here’s the code:

    <?php query_posts('cat=4&showposts=15&order=DESC'); ?>
<?php $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'imageThumb', true); ?>
<?php $imageURL = get_post_custom_values("imageBig"); ?>
<?php $count = 1; ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ($count == 1) : ?>
<li id="mycarousel-item-1"><a href="<?php echo $imageURL[0]; ?>" rel="lightbox[image]" id="thumb<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" width="133" height="97" /></a></li>
<?php else : ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo $imageURL[0]; ?>" rel="lightbox[image]" id="thumb<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" width="133" height="97" /></a></li>
<?php endif; $count++; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    any ideas? Thanks again.

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    You’ve got two if statements and only one endif. Also I moved aroung the $image and $imageURL assignments to what seems a more appropriate location (inside your loop)

    Might try something like:

    <?php
query_posts('cat=1&showposts=15&order=DESC');
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
$image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'imageThumb', true);
$imageURL = get_post_custom_values("imageBig");
if ($count == 1) { ?>
<li id="mycarousel-item-1"><a href="<?php echo $imageURL[0]; ?>" rel="lightbox[image]" id="thumb<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" width="133" height="97" /></a></li>
<?php  } else { ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo $imageURL[0]; ?>" rel="lightbox[image]" id="thumb<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" width="133" height="97" /></a></li>
<?php
} // if ($count
$count++;
endwhile;
endif;
?>

    Related:
    http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_if_else.asp

    Thread Starter Haitham

    (@halkibsi)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Michael, thank you so much for your help.

    I’m a designer, not a coder. I am having a hard time digesting all of this code from so many references. But my life becomes less stressful because of generous people like you.

    Thank you again 🙂

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    You are welcome. Good luck.

    Not related to WordPress, but I once had someone ask me to design a screen for him. I asked what he wanted the screen to look like…he held up a piece of blank lined paper and said, “can you make it look like this?”

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